A345057 Distance to the next larger number k > n for which A011772(k) = A011772(n), or 0 if no such number exists.
0, 4, 0, 10, 5, 0, 14, 12, 3, 0, 44, 6, 13, 14, 0, 46, 17, 18, 38, 4, 0, 11, 230, 6, 25, 13, 90, 0, 29, 10, 62, 40, 33, 34, 70, 0, 37, 57, 39, 20, 41, 28, 86, 4, 0, 23, 1034, 40, 7, 25, 102, 78, 53, 9, 0, 28, 114, 145, 1652, 60, 61, 62, 63, 190, 260, 0, 134, 68, 23, 140, 284, 24, 73, 37, 25, 38, 154, 0
Offset: 1
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Programs
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PARI
A011772(n) = { if(n==1, return(1)); my(f=factor(if(n%2, n, 2*n)), step=vecmax(vector(#f~, i, f[i, 1]^f[i, 2]))); forstep(m=step, 2*n, step, if(m*(m-1)/2%n==0, return(m-1)); if(m*(m+1)/2%n==0, return(m))); }; \\ From A011772 A345057(n) = { my(x=A011772(n), y=binomial(x+1,2)); for(i=1+n,y,if(A011772(i)==x,return(i-n))); (0); };
Formula
a(n) = A345056(n) - n.
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